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هُلْبٌ

Root: هلب

Full Definition

هُلْبٌ , [a coll. gen. n.,] Hair, absolutely: or coarse hair; as the hair of the tail of a she-camel: or hair of the tail: or pigs' bristles, with which skins and the like are sewed: J gives this last signification to هُلْبَةٌ : and also, coarse hair of the tail &c.: but هُلْبَةٌ is the n. un.
2 هُلْبٌ, The eyelashes.
3 هُلْبٌ, call. gen. n., Hair that one plucks from the tail: n. un. with ة.
4 هُلَبٌ [pl. of هُلْبَةٌ] Tails and manes plucked out.

def.2 هُلْبٌ Continuance, or constant succession, of rain.
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